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If you use an @yahoo.com email or any related Yahoo services, they have blocked us also due to "user complaints"
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If you use an @yahoo.com email or any related Yahoo services, they have blocked us also due to "user complaints"
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I don't even know what that is.
That saddens me more. I want content delivered plain and simple so I can read it as fast as possible, not through secondary and third sources to be scrounged by a few people on Twitter or Facebook.
I'm sorry I'm too much of a nerd to use an application most people don't see the appeal of because they would rather hear it second hand from their social friends. Some of us would prefer not to.
Well, thanks for the explanation!
I'm too tired to know if that was sarcasm or not. I'll go sulk in the corner now if anyone needs me.
I know exactly how you feel, dude. I admit I haven't looked that far yet, but there doesn't seem to be anything that feels enough like Google Reader for me to be comfortable using it.
I guess I just have to pick something else and try to get used to it. I'm trying out Feedly first of all, and initial reports are... mixed.
Already tried an account there, and the interface is just so strange. I know they said project Normandy would be an upcoming clone, but I don't see it anywhere, and what they have now sure isn't it.
I'm going to sleep, so I won't be replying for the next while. Still hoping Google will reconsider since this is the latest step in a plan to capitalize on marketing revenue, and Reader has no place in it. Seriously, this is all funny when they said iGoogle was getting cancelled and everyone should move to Google Reader. What the hell.
I'm not exactly sure what this thing does even with the article but doesn't the apparently dead RSS do that exact same thing that it seems to do?
I do not believe RSS is a program as such. Rather, RSS describes this form of functionality. RSS means 'Rich Site Summary', but apparently people also refer to it as 'Really Simple Syndication'.
Basically, Google Reader's functionality was not in its RSS features, but in its social aspects, in that it allowed you to subscribe to other people and to share stories on your news aggregate to other people, I think. I haven't studied up on Google Reader, though, just RSS in general.
If you're looking for just the basic functionality that allows you to follow news sites and such, though, you can just use another news aggregator, such as Amphetadesk.
http://theoldreader.com/
^ You. Are. A. Life. Saver.
^^It seems to be getting heavy traffic from everyone trying to switch over. I will look into it once the dust settles but for now I'm going to use a modified version of RSSBandit.
I've never used RSS feeds before.
Maybe I should start doing that...?
I only really use them for things that update irregularly. I could possible be using them wrong as well.
When you follow 50+ sites, you do NOT want to rely on bookmarks. Google Reader also let you the option of NOT having to rely on your friends. I may sound antisocial in saying that, but that's the truth. If your favourite sites update, Reader lets you know so YOU DON'T HAVE TO CHECK MANUALLY YOURSELF. For someone strapped for time, that service is invaluable.
I do, and I don't agree.
How does that work? How much free time do you have? With all due respect, I can't believe you just said that, because I can't begin to fathom the logic behind that. My god.
I work a nearly full-time job (i.e. the sort where they schedule you just under full-time so they can pay you for part-time). It doesn't take very long to click on a button.
What about irregularly updated sites, though? I follow some blogs that have new posts every couple weeks, but have no fixed schedule. I can either check each one individually on a regular basis on the off-chance they've updated, or I can have one list of all of them in one place that I can check regularly for updates.
That's not a con against RSS, because RSS means you don't have to check manually. Ever. If it updates, RSS lets you know, if not then it doesn't. The beauty was in its simplicity. In an increasingly social media oriented online setting, everything competes for your attention, and its only exasperated by manual searching. Before 2009, my life was hell keeping up with just 15 websites per day, so this thing was like a godsend.
Huh? I wasn't saying that was a con against RSS, I was aruging that's why RSS is useful.
I know my sentences were clunky, but was my point really that muddled? -_-
No offense, but they kind of are sometimes. Nevertheless, I like going into detail about stuff, its a requirement when you're in post-secondary education.
Ugh, starting to understand Lazuli's frustration now. >_<
Anyway, back on topic, I don't particularly find checking things manually to be all that time-consuming, but I do find it needlessly cumbersome when I can just check one place (Google Reader) and get all the same information.
So it's a matter of convenience.
Honestly, I can't say that I would really need something like this. If I forget to check something, I forget. It's okay. I'll just check it some other time.
I did use Google Reader, but now that it's shutting down I have more of an incentive to look for other feed aggregators, which is a plus because it means less dependency on Google and potentially better web browser integration. Or basically I think Google Reader shutting down is good for me because I'm lazy and wouldn't have switched away otherwise.
Despite being described as an alternative to RSS, Twitter users are more outraged than anyone else at Google Reader's impending shutdown. Weren't expecting that, huh?
Twitter is not a replacement to RSS anyway, so that entire thing is silly.
I honestly never use RSS feeds, but that's because I mostly follow webcomics that don't take forever to update, and for stuff that does take a while to update, I can just go on the site.